Other shapes you can also use are shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day, bunnies or crosses for Easter, real shells for summer, cutout leaves for Fall, etc. If you want more detailed itemsto glue/stick onto your things, you can look in the scrap-book section of most crafts stores.

Also old books (which are basically bound pieces of paper and can be bought at thrift stores for $1 or less) are good "stands" sideways for your items or as "fillers" for bookcases. You can turn the books with the pages showing versus the usual spine showing toadd visual interest and a neutral color to the display.

Paper banners are a fantastic and cheap way to decorate for seasons and holidays (and parties too). They can bemade large or small. Just choose paper to fit the occasion.Here's how to make them if you have not done it before.Paper pom poms can be made of colors to fit your decorations too. So fun and cheap...here's how.

3. Use Free Clip Art

Another good way to advance the theme you want for

your decorating is to Google "Free Clip Art For_______".

You fill in the blank for what season you want. I like to

look at the "images" that come up in the search to

quickly see what I like and don't like.

Download the image to your computer and then print it out on decorative paper to put in your seasonal display.

If you have frames to put the printed out clip art in that is great. If not, here is a jimmy-rigged way I worked out to make them stand upright in your display. Put a rolled piece of tape on a straight-sided bottle or jar.Push the printed-out clip art against the tape.

For most images printed out 4x6 or 5x7 this keeps the image upright. For images printed out 8x10, youneed a taller straight-sided bottle or jar...

Another option is to tape a wooden skewer to the

inside or outside of a straight-sided glass and then

tape the clip art to the top of the skewer.

4. Make Lollies/Paper Rosettes

Lollies or Paper Rosettes are items that give a big

impact in your seasonal displays for very little money

or time. You make them fit your theme either with the

paper you choose for the main part of the lollie or the center image that you choose to add to it.

The hearts on the scale are inexpensive cardboard onespainted with DIY chalk paint. Want to see the recipe?Click here.

Dining Room angels and cherubs ready for Valentine'sDay. The angel on far left of picture went from gold to neutral color. See how to change the color of accessories to fit in with your home in this blog post.

The two other angels on the dining room table got foam heartspainted to match their main color. The tall skinny angel did notlook right with a puffy heart. She got a "rosary" of book page hearts glued onto to piece of twine to "hold".

This angel "as is" from a garage sale.

This metal angel from Hobby Lobby is veryversatile to hold different seasonal objects.

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